Song Chen said, "Lord Lar, I'm here."
Lar turned around. His complexion was terrible, his skin coated with a layer of gray. Looking at Song Chen, he tugged at the corner of his mouth. "You're back."
"You're injured?"
Lar waved a hand. "A minor injury. Two Tenth Rank fighters collided, and I got swept by the aftershock nearby. It's nothing serious."
Song Chen was startled. When Tenth Rank Blazar Realm experts clashed, the aftershock alone was enough to shred anyone below Tenth Rank into severe injuries.
Lar claimed it was nothing serious, but the injury had clearly damaged his foundation.
He suddenly understood a little why the Celestial Pivot Main Battlefield had become what it was. Even a powerhouse at Lar's level could be swept into severe injury by the aftershock. Ordinary soldiers here truly were nothing but numbers.
"Sit." Lar pointed to a chair beside him.
Song Chen walked over and sat down.
Lar spoke first, his tone as concise and forceful as ever. "Knowing you made it back alive from the node puts my mind at ease. Tell me what happened over there."
Song Chen recounted how the node had been breached, from the enemy's five Eighth Rank fighters laying siege, to ninety percent of the defense line being wiped out, to Zephar ordering the retreat.
He kept it brief, but Lar listened intently without interrupting.
Only after Song Chen finished did Lar slowly say, "It wasn't easy for you to get out alive."
"The Blood-Eclipse Civilization committed more than twice the troops we estimated this time. Every day, tens of billions of combat units swarm onto the main battlefield around the Heivei Nebula."
"Several of the Nine Luminaries Civilization's Tenth Rank fighters have all stepped in. Otherwise, where do you think those spatial rifts came from? They